What were the reasons behind failure of war of independence?

[Arooj Chaudhry]

Reasons behind failure of war of independence
Following are the main reasons behind the failure of war of independence:
1) Limited Rebellion:

• Area of revolt remained limited
• Even complete North Indian didn’t part in it.
• It was limited by some neighborly territories.
  2) Better equipped Britishers:
• The British had better resources than the rebels.
• Gradually, the English army had a lot of resources.
• The telegraph proved very much useful for the English.
  3) The native ruler’s “Misgivings”:
• Many native rulers were with the British.
• The rulers of Patilia, Jinol, Hyderabad, etc supported the British at all.
  4) Opposition from Intelligentsia:
• The Indian intelligentsia didn’t support the rebels.
• The revolt could neither be organised nor fed on intellegentual and emotional ground.
  5) Lacking of strategy:
• Primary source of the failure of the war is planned efforts.
• Absence of central organisation and inferiority in general ship, military skills, strategy and discipline of rebel as compared to the Britishers.
  6) Lack of leadership:
• Absence of capable leaders
• None of the leader are capable and good commanders.
• There is no one in those leaders who are willing to guide their people in good direction.
  7) Diplomacy of English:
  *The Britishers succeeded through their good leadership and well trained army. And well trained military commanders like Neil, Nicoloson, Havelock and Huge Rose.
• The diplomatic skills of the British were also responsible for thier success.